His other points are better. The cartel dissolved many years ago, and there wasn't a flood of _better_ longer bulbs because there physically can't be. Longer

His other points are better. The cartel dissolved many years ago, and there wasn't a flood of _better_ longer bulbs because there physically can't be. Longer bulbs have existed for a long time, but they are much dimmer in addition to using more power. As such they are not desirable to people. Even beyond the cartel, power plants wanted the higher efficiency lightbulbs to reduce strain. Those points are far better. In any case, the cartel's goal definitely wasn't saving the planet. Can you even imagine a evil shadow organization with that goal? Their goal was profit, and to get profit they wanted standards. Standards make it so a consumer can get various different products that work predictably. The world would be a much worse place without agreed upon standards.